Electric Vehicle markets in Europe are rapidly growing. Many manufacturers are already building gigafactories to soon produce millions of batteries for electric vehicles! Nevertheless, there are still critics who do not "believe" in the overall benefits that come with EVs: The range of these vehicles is still too short, safety issues unsolved, battery recycling seems to be a problem, cost development is uncertain - and especially sustainabily matters remain unanswered. Is that true?

Well, our guest Prof. Dr. Maximilian Fichtner has a clear opinion on all these myths. "An electric vehicle is surely not the ultimate solution of all the world's current climate problems. But, most of the popular disadvantages of EVs, that are still being told, are fairy tales that might have been true 10 or 15 years ago", he states. "Neither safety, nor costs, nor material shortages nor charging issues will hinder emobility from prospering. EVs are simply environmentally more friendly than combustion engine cars: "When you buy an electric vehicle today, you are most certain to less harm the environment in a very short amount of range and time - compared to an ICE car."

In this episode we ask our guest Prof. Dr. Maximilian Fichtner which hurdles the emobility has yet to take and of course, we wondered which cell chemistries are being used in future batteries.

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